From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 10:16:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E3C106568C for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be [143.129.75.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24C2C8FC16 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mABAGEwP023971; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:16:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (pdon@localhost) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id mABAGElT023968; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:16:14 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be: pdon owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:16:14 +0100 (CET) From: Pieter Donche X-X-Sender: pdon@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20081111102556.476e519b.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20081111082553.a41d76e1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081111102556.476e519b.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11: 1280x768 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pieter Donche List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:16:29 -0000 Hmm, playing arround in KDE with -xrandr $ xrandr --size 1280x768 Size 1280x768 not found in available modes (?? it's in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf ??) $ xrandr --fb 1280x768 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1024x768 (desired size is 1280x786) my screen has dimensions 260mm x 160 mm $ xrandr --fbmm 260x160 (of $ xrandr --dpi 125) does not complain but does not help either.. ?? On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:08:54 +0100 (CET), Pieter Donche wrote: >> OK, that was it for the keyboard matter. Thx.. > > No problem, it's all standard stuff. :-) > > > >> Similar question: >> my portable is 1280x768 pixels, but KDE comes up in 1024x768, making >> 'wide' icons and text :-( >> I tried to add in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Section "Screen" for >> all entries in Subsection "Display" (different Depths), a line >> Modes "1280x784" ... but this does not help.. >> In KDE menu / Settings / peripherals / Display / the only choice >> for Screen Size remains 1024x768 without alternatives (as before) ... >> How to remedy? > > I'd suggest to do something similar like with the keyboard: Put > it explicitely into xorg.conf; I mean, autodetect is all fine, but > in some cases, just crap comes out. :-) > > I had a similar problem here: X would only run 1024x768 or 1152x864, > but not 1400x1050 as I would have liked it on a 21" CRT. So I > did this: > > First, modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > Option "Accel" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Visual "TrueColor" > Modes "1152x864" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > This starts X in 1152x864. You'll see that there's not the usual > bunch of depths and modes, just the one I want. > > Then, I put this into ~/.xinitrc: > > xrandr --size 1400x1050 & > xrandr --fb 1400x1050 & > > Put it before any other program starts, and it leads to the desired > screen dimension of 1400x1050. > > I'm sure you can play a bit with xrandr from within KDE in order > to adjust the screen dimensions, and when you found it working, > put it into your ~/.xinitrc so it will take effect after login. > But NB that xdm / kdm won't be affected - it will run as xorg.conf > specifies. You can check with xrandr's information options (refer > to "man xrandr") and xvidtune. > > > > > -- > Polytropon >> From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >